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Proxy Preview 2010: Helping Foundations Align Investment And Mission

GREENBIZ – Apr. 13, 2010 – Foundations and other endowments are increasingly asking themselves what should — or could — they be doing to better align their investments and mission. They are looking at how … MORE >

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Proxy Voting: Sustainability Hits The Mainstream

CORPORATE SECRETARY – Apr. 13, 2010 – These days it seems like it is getting harder and harder for issuers to discuss their performance without CSR issues cropping up. Just look at the 350-plus social … MORE >

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Voting Your Shares May Start To Matter

NEW YORK TIMES – Mar. 05, 2010 – What would happen if all the small investors banded together and cast their ballots during proxy season, the time of year when all shareholders get to vote … MORE >

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Proxy Preview 2009

This fifth edition of Proxy Preview is a collaboration between three organizations seeking to help investors align their values with their investments. It provides an overview of upcoming votes on environmental and social shareholder resolutions—including advocacy sections for the year’s most prominent issues. MORE >

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Proxy Preview 2008

This fourth edition of Proxy Preview is a collaboration between three organizations seeking to help investors align their values with their investments. It provides an overview of upcoming votes on environmental and social shareholder resolutions—including advocacy sections for the year’s most prominent issues. MORE >

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Proxy Preview 2007

This third edition of Proxy Preview is a collaboration between three organizations seeking to help investors align their values with their investments. It provides an overview of upcoming votes on environmental and social shareholder resolutions—including advocacy sections for the year’s most prominent issues. MORE >

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Proxy Preview 2006

This second edition of Proxy Preview is a collaboration between three organizations seeking to help investors align their values with their investments. It provides an overview of upcoming votes on environmental and social shareholder resolutions—including advocacy sections for the year’s most prominent issues. MORE >

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Proxy Preview 2005

This first edition of Proxy Preview is a collaboration between three organizations seeking to help investors align their values with their investments. It provides an overview of upcoming votes on environmental and social shareholder resolutions—including advocacy sections for the year’s most prominent issues. MORE >

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Unlocking the Power of the Proxy

To help foundations play more active roles in the corporate governance and social responsibility issues of publicly held companies, As You Sow and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors have collaborated to publish Unlocking the Power of the Proxy: How Active Foundation Proxy Voting Can Protect Endowments and Boost Philanthropic Missions. MORE >

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